Community Programs and Services

Health Care

DENTAL

Community DentCare Network

The Community DentCare Network provides quality dental care to the Northern Manhattan community. It includes six school-based clinics and a Mobile Dental Center linked to five community-based practices.

Eligibility Requirements: Varies; please visit website for detailsFee(s): All clinics accept Medicaid, NewYork-Presbyterian Child Health Plus and NewYork-Presbyterian Family Health Plus. Reduced fees are available for those who qualify.Phone: 212-305-1045Email: Leydis De La Cruz ld2240@columbia.eduWebsite:http://communitydentcare.columbia.eduAddress: Columbia University College of Dental Medicine: Community DentCare Network630 West 168th Street, Box 20 New York, NY 10032 Columbia Unit(s): College of Dental Medicine; Harlem Hospital Center—Department of Dentistry; Mailman School of Public Health

Mobile Dental Center

The Mobile Dental Center travels to more than 70 local day care and Head Start centers to provide comprehensive diagnostic, preventive, and restorative dental care to children in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx. During the summer months, the Mobile Dental Center provides free services to summer camps.

The Columbia University Headstart Program's bilingual staff serves families in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, providing child development, preventive health, mental health, nutrition, parenting, and family support services. Other services include employment skills training, educational and social services, and information about health and nutrition.

The service provides referrals to practitioners and programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Services are provided in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by a group of highly trained customer service representatives.

Pediatrics 2000 offers two walk-in clinics that provide children with comprehensive pediatric care, including physical exams, developmental screenings, immunizations, and management of common illnesses and episodic chronic disease. The four walk-in clinic sites and their contact information are listed below.

SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE

Young Men's Clinic

The Young Men's Clinic addresses the health needs of males 14-35 years of age, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. Services include comprehensive physical examinations, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, mental health counseling, and health education and promotion.

SPECIAL-EMPHASIS HEALTH PROGRAMS & CENTERS

Breast Cancer Screening Partnership

The Breast Cancer Screening Partnership offers free mammograms, cervical and colorectal screenings, risk assessments and genetic testing, counseling, support groups, and information regarding treatment options to women ages 40 and older who have no health insurance and have not been screened in the past year.

The Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (CCEC) offers state-of-the-art medical and surgical treatment for the management of epilepsy in adults, adolescents and teens, and children. The center's goal is to help patients gain control of seizures and optimize their quality of life.

The Hope and Heroes Children's Cancer Fund, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity, was established in 2002 to provide philanthropic assistance to the Herbert Irving Child and Adolescent Oncology Center. The fund's mission is to support and expand existing programs and therapies at the center, develop new initiatives, and enhance the research that is vital to continuing the fight against pediatric cancer.

The center offers a thorough multidisciplinary evaluation of memory and thinking difficulties, followed by treatment and management plans.

Eligibility Requirements: Accepts Medicare and many major health insurances.Address: 710 West 168th Street, 1st Floor, Suite 104Phone: 212-305-6939Fax: 212-305-1145Website:http://cumc.columbia.edu/dept/neurology/memoryPartner(s): Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's and the Aging BrainColumbia Unit(s): Neurological Institute of New York

Metabolic Bone Diseases Program

This program evaluates and treats patients with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases using a complete set of state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to diseases of the skeleton.

The Pediatric SMA Clinic is committed to providing comprehensive patient care, supporting research into the cause and cure for spinal muscular atrophy, educating tomorrow's health care professionals, and reaching out to the community we serve. The SMA clinic offers expertise, education, resources, and guidance to families affected by SMA through a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to pediatric neuromuscular disease.

MENTAL HEALTH CARE

Adult Late Life Depression Research Clinic

This research clinic offers free and confidential outpatient treatment for eligible patients in clinical research studies of standard and new antidepressant medications as well as innovative approaches to the treatment of depression.

Founded in 1982, the Anxiety Disorders Clinic was the first in the nation devoted to research and treatment of anxiety problems. The clinic has been a driving force behind the recent advances in the recognition, understanding, and/or treatment of anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and others. The Hispanic Treatment Program, a counterpart to the clinic, offers treatment from a Spanish-speaking staff.

This service provides an outpatient research and treatment program for studying antidepressant medications to promote knowledge of depressive disorders and to identify methods for matching specific treatments to different forms of these disorders.

The clinic provides a nationally recognized treatment/research program in the treatment of eating disorders, including bulimia nervosa (inpatient and outpatient), anorexia nervosa (inpatient and outpatient), and binge eating disorder.

Eligibility Requirements: Some restrictions may apply.Fee(s): No feesAddress: 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 98Phone: 212-543-5739Email:edru@pi.cpmc.columbia.eduWebsite:www.columbiaeatingdisorders.orgPartner(s): New York State Psychiatric InstituteColumbia Unit(s): Department of Psychiatry

Hispanic Treatment Program

A counterpart of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic, this program features a Spanish-speaking staff that specializes in the evaluation, investigation, and treatment of disorders including panic disorder, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression.

The Mobile Crisis Service provides psychiatric crisis intervention to individuals (children or adults) and their families. Services include psychiatric evaluation, crisis counseling, and referral to longer-term treatment. All services are carried out in the home.

Eligibility Requirements: Adults and children living within the following area: from 155th Street to 125th Street, river to river, and in the Marble Hill area in the BronxFee(s): Many insurances are accepted, including Medicaid. The service will work with families who have difficulty paying.Address: 513 West 166th Street Phone: 212-305-8060Fax: 212-342-3914Columbia Unit(s): NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Department of Psychiatry

Pediatric Psychiatry Service's School-based Mental Health Program

School-based mental health services are provided throughout the year at 15 New York City public schools in Upper Manhattan. Full mental health evaluation and treatment are available to children and families onsite at 11 local elementary schools in Washington Heights/Inwood (P.S. 4, P.S. 28, P.S. 48, P.S. 115, P.S. 128, P.S. 132, P.S. 152, P.S. 153, P.S. 173, P.S. 187, P.S. 189) and four schools in Harlem (P.S. 46, P.S. 123. P.S. 133, P.S. 145). The program seeks to improve social and academic outcomes for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties while keeping children in their regular classroom environments. A multidisciplinary (psychiatry, psychology, and social work) team provides services in Spanish and English.

Eligibility Requirements: Students registered at one of the schools servedFee(s): Third-party payment (Medicaid, Medicaid HMOs) may be accessed if available, but is not required. Services are available regardless of ability to pay.Registration/Application Deadline: Each school's student support staff typically identifies children, but students and families may self-refer to program staff at each school site at any point during the school year or summer program.Phone: Charles Soulé, PhD, Director: 212-305-7563; Patricia Payne-Marsky, LCSW, Deputy Director, 212-305-9923; Angel Carabello, MD, Medical Director: 212-305-9154Fax: 212-305-6614Email: crs9002@nyp.org; pap9052@nyp.org; carabala@childpsych.columbia.eduWebsite:www.mailman.columbia.edu/research-service/communityPartner(s): NYC Department of Education; NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; NYS Office of Mental HealthColumbia Unit(s): Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Special Needs Clinic

The clinic is specialized to meet the mental health needs of children and families affected by the dual epidemics of HIV and substance abuse.